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Small: All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education
"All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education"
Walter Scott, Novelist
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Small: Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind fl
David Hume
"Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and
David Hume
"A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years
"One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation"
Walter Scott, Novelist
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Small: The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst
David Hume
"The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction,
David Hume
"That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that it will rise"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to s
David Hume
"Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger
David Hume
"It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: Avarice, the spur of industry
David Hume
"Avarice, the spur of industry"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so
"To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so"
Walter Scott, Novelist
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Small: One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name
"One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name"
Walter Scott, Novelist
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Small: O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!
"O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!"
Walter Scott, Novelist
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Small: If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once
"If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once"
Walter Scott, Novelist
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Small: Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest
"Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest"
Walter Scott, Novelist
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Small: Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer
"Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer"
Walter Scott, Novelist
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Small: The law always limits every power it gives
David Hume
"The law always limits every power it gives"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an i
David Hume
"Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions
David Hume
"Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: It is a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave
David Hume
"It is a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker
David Hume
"A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, p
David Hume
"This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which i
David Hume
"There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which it observes in itself, and to find every where those ideas which are most present to it"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: I have written on all sorts of subjects... yet I have no enemies except indeed all the Whigs, all the Tories,
David Hume
"I have written on all sorts of subjects... yet I have no enemies; except indeed all the Whigs, all the Tories, and all the Christians"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: Human Nature is the only science of man and yet has been hitherto the most neglected
David Hume
"Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we a
"It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty"
Walter Scott, Novelist
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Small: The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason
David Hume
"The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed b
David Hume
"The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge
David Hume
"Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: Beauty is no quality in things themselves. It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them
David Hume
"Beauty is no quality in things themselves. It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly to revealed truth with
David Hume
"Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly to revealed truth with the greatest avidity"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: And what is the greatest number? Number one
David Hume
"And what is the greatest number? Number one"
David Hume, Philosopher
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Small: There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier t
"There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine"
Walter Scott, Novelist
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Small: The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my
"The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my invention... It was always when I first opened my eyes that the desired ideas thronged upon me"
Walter Scott, Novelist
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Small: Teach you children poetry it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary
"Teach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary"
Walter Scott, Novelist
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Small: Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep
"Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep"
Walter Scott, Novelist
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Small: Look back, and smile on perils past
"Look back, and smile on perils past"
Walter Scott, Novelist
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Small: He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the grea
"He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles"
Walter Scott, Novelist
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Small: To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and ince
"To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue"
Walter Scott, Novelist
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Small: To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light
"To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light"
Walter Scott, Novelist
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Small: Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life
"Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life"
Walter Scott, Novelist
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